destresce
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin districtia.
Noun[edit]
destresce oblique singular, f (oblique plural destresces, nominative singular destresce, nominative plural destresces)
- distress (state of pain or fear)
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Molt avra au couchier destresce
- At bedtime, she felt a great deal of anguish